subject: Weight Lifting Routine: Your Don'ts [print this page] Perhaps a weight lifting routine is the one and only thing in life which you can get completely wrong. How would you react if you came to know that the weight lifting routine you have been implementing for months is totally useful or you are doing it all wrong? It's not a very pleasant place so just for you not to go there, this article is a compilation of some popular bodybuilding don'ts which you might not know about or you simply took lightly. Where a weight lifting routine is concerned, nothing can be taken lightly.
In reality there is almost two dozen weight lifting routine mistakes but it is not really possible for me to elaborate on all of them. However we are going to cover the three almost deadly mistakes that if you don't show caution, you can find your bodybuilding routine stopped prematurely. Weight lifting routine is a progressive learning process but knowledge is never too much.
Never get too confident in your weight lifting routine and throw away your cardio. Many fitness experts are on about how cardio is a waste of time. A weight lifting routine is essentially designed with bodybuilding in mind while cardio focuses on the stimulation your cardiovascular system. The two together make the perfect fitness regime. Some fitness magazines go as far as saying cardio kills your chance of building your muscles. I've never personally heard something more nonsensical. Aerobics plays a vital role in any weight lifting routine and you should not ignore it under any circumstances.
While you would do anything for a set of arms that would positively rip your shirt sleeves, you might be careful not to border on over-training. Going overboard with your weight lifting routine can have disastrous effects on your nervous system, your cardiovascular system as well as your immune system. Don't go hard on your biceps and triceps. Doing set-after-set weeks on will do nothing but destroy your muscle fibres. Ideally a weight lifting routine should focus on the big muscle groups which are those in the chest and legs for example. Go a bit softer on your bi's and tri's if you don't want your weight lifting routine to backfire.
Always focus on getting stronger. That is a golden rule of bodybuilding. If your weight lifting routine does not get you stronger consistently, you are wasting your time with the wrong regime. I am in the gym regularly and each and every time it amazes me how training to get stronger is often neglected by average bodybuilders. With the fitness industry becoming more and more subject to commercials, it is hard to find a good reliable weight lifting routine. Your weight lifting routine should make you become stronger with more sets and reps added on a consistent basis, most often every week. As you get more efficient with your weight lifting routine, your recovery will be faster and the harder and longer you will be able to train without taking your weight lifting routine to the negative side of things!
